Dataset specification
- Title: BioBasis Zackenberg - Mammals - Muskox abundance
- Description: Weekly data on the sex and age composition of muskox herds within the designated muskox census area. For further details, please refer to the newest BioBasis manual available at the website. Mammals:Mammals BioBasis Zackenberg:The BioBasis programme monitors the dynamics of organisms and biological processes in the terrestrial and limnic ecosystems at Zackenberg and Nuuk. The BioBasis programme plays a central role in the development and implementation of the Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Programme (CBMP) http://www.caff.is/monitoring across the Arctic.
- DOI: 10.17897/8CFY-P558 - https://doi.org/10.17897/8CFY-P558
- Location/site: Muskox census area - -20.57, 74.47 (lon-lat wgs84)
- Date span of the dataset: 1996-06-09 - 2022-09-11
Data originator, license and how to download the dataset
The dataset is a product of the Greenland Ecosystem Monitoring program (GEM): https://grid.ac/institutes/grid.507580.f. It is free and open data, licensed with terms of use under the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ When downloading you will automatically get a terms of use document, describing how to cite the data and other important information.
Download the dataset via this link (registration needed): http://data.g-e-m.dk/log-in/data-tables?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558
Variables measured / columns in dataset
| ID | Name | Unit | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Date | Date | Date | Date | Date of census |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Easting | Easting | M | Number | Position UTM 27X East |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Northing | Northing | M | Number | Position UTM 27X North |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Herd_ID | Herd_ID | Number | Number | Field herd ID number |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Herd_size | Herd_size | Number | Number | Number of muskoxen in herd |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=M4Plus | M4Plus | Number | Number | Number of male muskoxen in herd aged 4 years or more |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=M3 | M3 | Number | Number | Number of male muskoxen in herd aged 3 years |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=M2 | M2 | Number | Number | Number of male muskoxen in herd aged 2 years |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=F4Plus | F4Plus | Number | Number | Number of female muskoxen in herd aged 4 years or more |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=F3 | F3 | Number | Number | Number of female muskoxen in herd aged 3 years |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=F2 | F2 | Number | Number | Number of female muskoxen in herd aged 2 years |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Unspec_ad | Unspec_ad | Number | Number | Number of unspecified adult muskoxen in herd |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Calf | Calf | Number | Number | Number of calves in herd |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Field_remarks | Field_remarks | Text | Text | Remarks from the field observer |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Start_hour | Start_hour | Hour | Time | Start hour of the census (UTC) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=End_hour | End_hour | Hour | Time | End hour of the census (UTC) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Cloud_cover | Cloud_cover | X/8 | Number | The estimated cloud cover (in x/8) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Min_vis | Min_vis | Km | Number | The minimum visibility (Km); 99 indicates unlimited |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Max_vis | Max_vis | Km | Number | The maximum visibility (Km); 99 indicates unlimited |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Census_area | Census_area | Text | Text | Description of area was censused |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=KM2 | KM2 | Km2 | Number | Area of area censused (Km2) |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=General_remarks | General_remarks | Text | Text | General remarks to the census |
| http://data.g-e-m.dk/datasets?doi=10.17897/8CFY-P558&column=Yearling | Yearling | Number | Number | Number of unspecified yearling muskoxen in herd |